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A woman cries as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades.

‘Out of control’: On the ground as the Pacific Palisades fire explodes

Driving through dark smoke, residents and reporters tried to stay ahead of the fire.

  • Brianna Sacks

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Best of Features 2024

Reader favourites from the cover stories slate.

Hard-Ons

Wild, talented and loud – is this the most Aussie band ever?

From early beginnings at a Punchbowl school the Hard-Ons won fans around the world.

  • Rod Yates
Vesuvius

Haven’t visited a museum for a while? You’re in for a shock

Museums worldwide are lifting their game as they compete for attention from a public with endless choices.

  • Nick Galvin
Camp Hill Bowls Club Chair Scott Walton (left) and secretary Callum Melican.

The enduring legacy of one of Brisbane’s most beloved bowling clubs

It’s not just the view and atmosphere that speaks volumes about this club.

  • Courtney Kruk
Brisbane institution Jet Black Cat Music announced it would close its bricks and mortar store in West End after 14 years. It will leave a hole in the community, but owner Shannon Logan says it’s just the start of a new beginning.

Jet Black Cat Music is closing after 14 years – but this isn’t the end of Shan Logan’s music dream

From slinging records at the West End Markets to hosting some of the country’s biggest artists in a shop on Vulture Street, this beloved Brisbane institution is ready to welcome a new era.

  • Courtney Kruk
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Bodyguards for billionaires: Inside the secret world

The super rich are spending big on super security, including elite protection teams with counter-surveillance skills to thwart kidnappings, and panic rooms marketed as nuclear and germ-warfare resistant.

  • John Silvester
On an outback road between Burra and Arkaroola.
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Take a drive on the wild side

The 2023 Outback Car Trek took in 3,900km across 8 days. Leaving Bendigo in Victoria and finishing in Queensland, the rally raises money for RFDS.

  • Wolter Peeters
Dylan Buckley for Lunch With.

‘Give it a crack and see what happens’: How former AFL player Dylan Buckley created a media empire

Dylan Buckley, one of the AFL world’s most influential people, did exactly the opposite of what everyone told him – and created a hit.

  • Marnie Vinall

The force behind competition queen Gina Cass-Gottlieb

ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb is working harder than she ever has in her career, and the results are showing on the scoreboard, with wins including tougher merger laws, and a $120 million penalty against Qantas this past week.

  • Anne Hyland

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